Our teams undertake large field studies in a number of global settings looking at the effect of health and social factors on early child development (malaria in pregnancy, nutrition, prematurity, HIV exposure). Our overarching research interests are in the assessment of neurodevelopmental and neurobehavioral outcomes in children in global settings and in understanding how this can be done well, at scale and with meaning, and linked with interventions which can be provided in low income settings.
Our People
Professor Melissa Gladstone
Professor in Neurodevelopmental Paediatrics and International Child Health
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Dr Maria Magdalena (Malen) Crespo-Llado
Postdoctoral Research Associate (STREAM and REFINE)
Lorna Ginnell
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Kula Leap and Dolphin-2)
Dr Dorcas Magai
Postdoctoral Research Associate (PRECIDE-DYAD)
Dr Karen Martin
Neurodevelopmental Research Fellow (Starting well; feasibility study of identifying and providing support to parents of children born at high risk of cerebral palsy and complex needs in Liverpool)
Dr Mike Eliasz
Academic Clinical Fellow
Dr Amir Kirolos
Wellcome Trust Clinical PhD Fellow (long-term outcomes of severe childhood malnutrition)
Limbika Sengani
PhD Candidate (effects of mother-child interactions on child development in HIV-exposed infants)
Anderson Mughogho
PhD Candidate (early identification and intervention of infants at risk of developing Cerebral Palsy)
Dr Rebecca Searle
Neurodevelopmental Fellow in Autism Spectrum Disorder & International Child Health (ASD-OSSDx and BrightSAM)